Necromancer Survival

“What’s wrong?”

At that moment, Seo Dawon suddenly stood in front of me and looked at my status window. He then read the skill, and I wasn’t able to hide it.

He grinned, “Ah–is it because of your new skill?”

“Yeah….”

“It doesn’t say the kiss needs to be on the lips.”

“Ah! Th-That’s right…” I was a little relieved at Seo Dawon’s loophole.

But, the Mage soon added, mischievously, “Except for when you use that skill on me, of course. It’d be best to kiss the others on their hands or cheeks.”

“…Shut up.” Though I was likely to use this skill in combat, I wanted to scold his arrogant certainty that I would kiss him on his lips.

But, I couldn’t hardly make a ruckus in front of the servants who were watching us. I swallowed a sigh and approached the servants.

Then, our long meeting began.

* * *

“The training room allows you to modify various settings and room conditions with [Mode Setting] to create a more immersive environment for training. Also, if you feel any difficulties during training, you can always call out for [Mode Settings] and shout ‘End.'”

First, people suggested that I assess the power of my class skills. So, I chose to use a training room within Koo Hui-seo’s mansion.

One of the occupants of this mansion handed over a controller and told me how to use the training room.

We ran the training module as explained, “[Mode Settings].”

[Beginning Training.]

[An existing training program has been saved. Should this program be recalled?]

Lines were being drawn in this white and empty space, just like a new computer program being loaded onto the screen.

I inquired whether or not Kim Sangyoon, who had been using this room before, should have his records and setting saved. Afterwards, I pressed the [No] button and chose the [Tutorial] mode to warm up.

[The ‘Tutorial Mode’ has been selected]

[Machine sensitivity…has been set at 25%]

[The Engine is running…]

[The Map will be randomly generated.]

Then, a bright light filled the space. When I closed my eyes reflexively before opening them again, the room had surprisingly changed into a vast desert. “Wow…”

My mouth fell open–it felt as if I had entered a dungeon.

Seo Dawon, who had been standing silently beside me, kicked the sand. “I guess this is version 2.5.”

“Hm?”

“I’m saying it’s old-fashioned. At the time of my death, 2.5 was the latest version.”

“What? You used this sort of training room too?”

“Yeah. I used it whenever I cooked up a good skill.”

Well, come to think of it, this man was crazy about his scenario, so it would have been weird if he didn’t have something similar.

I looked around, a bit discomfited, at the world that almost seemed real. They said I was free to use any skill here, hm… “Then… What should I start with?”

“Why not go in order? Except for [Possession].”

“Mmm. Alright.” As soon as I nodded, a [Black Slime] crept out of the desert sands.

[Bbooo—]

[Blop–!]

The slimes looked like round droplets of water; unlike regular monsters, they didn’t attack me though they noticed me. Perhaps this was because we were in tutorial mode.

So, I was able to relax and use my class skill,targeting the [Black Slime]. First, I wanted to try out [Dead Mark].

“[Dead Mark]!”

I wasn’t sure what the ‘special conditions’ written in the skill description was, but, judging how the activate button was lighting up, it seems the skill could be used.

As the skill processed, I pressed on the skill’s name in order to read what those special conditions were.

[Dead Mark is triggered when you target a living creature with high defense power.]

[This ‘Training-use Black Slime’ has twice as much defense as ‘Choi Lee-kyung-nim’.]

In other words, the skill was triggered when my defense was lower than that of my opponent. In addition, there were a total of eight black slimes summoned to the arena, and [Dead Mark] symbol only appeared above the heads of three black slimes.

I didn’t know if there were only a total of three [Dead Marks] available at a time, or if the skill was triggered at a certain percentage or some random probability. But, first, I ordered Seo Dawon to attack, “Attack them for me.”

“[Lightning Bolt].” Seo Dawon raised his hands before slowly cutting across the air horizontally.

I checked the difference in damage between the slimes without [Dead Mark] and slimes with the marker–and, there was a clear difference. In fact, there was twice as much difference in damage.

“Wow, this…. hasn’t your offense basically been doubled?”

“It seems like [Dead Mark] will need to be part of your basic repertoire? Why don’t you use it again.”

“Sure.” I summoned the [black slimes] again. Then, once more, I utilized the [Dead Mark] skill. “Huh? There’s five markers this time.”

“I think it randomly designates six or less targets. Stuff like that is called ‘Dice Targeting’ and is common in certain debuffs.”

“Aha…”

As Seo Dawon said, though we tested the skill several more times, the target markers did not extend beyond six.

Also, [Dead Mark] recognized when my defense increased beyond that of my enemy, so I wouldn’t be able to use the DAA combat suit’s skill.

However, Seo Dawon shored up even those weaknesses. “You can disable the combat uniform when using the skill. After using [Dead Mark], you can reapply the uniform’s ability.”

“Oh~….”

“This is called ‘switching,’ and most Users will use this trick.”

“I see.”

In any case, [Dead Mark] was a pretty good skill. I decided to actively utilize this ability and turned to the next skill on my list.

I approached the dead [Black Slime]–laying on its side with a [x_x] expression on its face. Then, I invoked [Shinigami’s Book].

[Bringing back the memory of the dead….]

[This is not a valid target for the ‘Shinigami’s Book.’]

[The skill has been canceled]

However, it seems like I couldn’t invoke [The Shinigami’s Book] with a [Black Slime]. The issue must be that the target was a monster. “Do you think this skill is only valid with Users?” I asked.

“There’s a high probability that that’s the case. Or, perhaps we should summon a high-ranked monster?”

“Is that possible?

“Yeah. Just turn off the tutorial mode and summon a level 1 boss.”

When Seo Dawon handed over the controller, I chose the mode as per his suggestion. Following that, I selected the boss monster.

[Boom–! Crash–!!!]

Then, a large [Giant Black Slime] with a crown atop its head appeared before my eyes.

“[Wind Cutter].” Of course, the Mage blocked the way in front of me and immediately cut its body in half with one hand gesture.

I tried to invoke the [Shinigami’s Book] once more on the dead [Giant Black Slime], but it failed again. We decided to put a hold on this skill for a while.

[– Seal Spirit

You can seal a soul into a weapon in order to enchant it.]

“This skill also mentions souls, so I don’t think it’ll work…”

“Let’s just try–we’ll give it a pass if it doesn’t work.”

And, as expected, the skill was canceled with the [Invalid Target] message. I wasn’t so disappointed because I fully expected that result.

However, I made a mental note to use these two skills once I had obtained a corpse after revenge. It didn’t matter if it was Bae Jaemin or one of his henchmen.

Folding away my wistful heart, I read the next skill.

[- Eternal Night (Field Type)

The Necromancer can create the best possible environment for themselves within a set range.]

“I really can’t get a grasp for this one,” I muttered.

“You want to try it?”

“…Yeah.” I was a little nervous at the ambiguous explanation, but that also made my expectations rise. I took a deep breath and opened my mouth, “[Eternal Night].”

The moment I shouted the skill, the desert sky, which had been shining all this while, suddenly darkened. I looked up in amazement, “The moon…”

Seo Dawon also stared at the sky.It was as if the sun had disappeared behind some dark clouds, and the desert became as dark as if night had fallen.

And, before I knew it, a red moon was rising in the sky. It was as if the subtle change in environment that appeared whenever I summoned a servant had rapidly emerged with the advent of the skill.

[Eternal Night – Deploying the field]

[Within the designated area, the deceased and the Apostles of Retrograde receive the blessing of the Nameless Deity, increasing their attack power by 200%.]

[The Goddess’s graces and the Apostles of Order will suffer continuous health or stamina depletion within the field.]

[The madness of evil-aligned users intensifies.]

[Those who don’t have shadows maintain infinite health and stamina within the eternal night.]

However, the awe-inspiring nature of the red moon was nothing compared to the effectiveness of the skill. My eyes opened wide as I read [Eternal Night]’s effects.

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TL: Um????? Hello? OP Skill????

Also, I’m mega sick, and my foggy brain can’t decide if 체력 here means health or stamina–If the comments have opinions, I’m open to it.

I can’t believe we’re finally seeing what all the skills do O.O